Use After Free in Adobe Flash Player
CVE-2015-5119
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ByteArray class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.296 and 14.x through 18.0.0.194 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.468 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that overrides a valueOf function, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.993 (99.9th percentile), scored .
Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.993 · newest: 0.993 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Flash Player
- Apple Mac OS X
- Linux Kernel
- Microsoft Windows
- openSUSE Evergreen — versions 11.4
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 6.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on . CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.
BOD 22-01 due date: .
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032809 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75568 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-195A (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00017.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1214.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00018.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-13 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/browser/adobe_flash_hacking_team_uaf (Third Party Advisory)
- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html (Patch, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5119?
- CVE-2015-5119 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2015-07-08.
- How severe is CVE-2015-5119?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-5119 known to be exploited?
- Yes. CVE-2015-5119 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 38 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.